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title: Create a freeform Visual Task Board
description: You can create freeform Visual Task Boards \(VTBs\) for tracking any kind of task or project.
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release: australia
product: Visual Task Boards
classification: visual-task-boards
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Freeform Visual Task Boards, Creating Visual Task Boards, Using Visual Task Boards, Visual Task Boards, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
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# Create a freeform Visual Task Board

You can create freeform Visual Task Boards \(VTBs\) for tracking any kind of task or project.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Visual Task Boards**.

2.  Next to My Task Boards, click **New**, or if you have never created a task board before, click **Create New Visual Task Board**.

3.  From the Create New Board window, click **Freeform**.

    A new task board opens with the default freeform lanes, **To Do**, **Doing**, and **Done**.

4.  Click the board name and enter a new name.


## What to do next

-   [Add a personal task to a freeform Visual Task Board](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t_AddAPersonalTaskToAFreeformBoard.md)
-   [Add a task to a freeform Visual Task Board from a form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t_AddATaskToAFreeformBoardFromAForm.md)
-   [Add a task to a freeform Visual Task Board from a list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/t_AddATaskToAFreeformBoardFromAList.md)

**Parent Topic:**[Freeform Visual Task Boards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/visual-task-boards/c_FreeformBoardTasks.md)